Monthly Archives: September 2015

Halloween items from Dollar Tree

 On Sunday while Laurie was doing grocery shopping, I walked over to Dollar Tree Store. This chain sells everything for a $1.00. I found several items that you could use with your 54mm figures.  The first two  were a resin gate … Continue reading

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OTSN Management Changes

Don Perkins Received a letter telling of the management change that is coming to OTSN. Here is what Don sent to me relay to me. The letter (apparently going to all dealers and sign-in customers of previous OTSNs) says the … Continue reading

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Steve Weston and OTSN

Steve Weston posted this up on the Treefrog forum that we thought those of you going to OTSN should get a heads up on. As we get more information we will pass it along. For this years show, we will … Continue reading

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Bill Nevins Summer Finds

Bill Nevins sent along photos of his summer finds. See if you can recognize all the figures. 

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Indy Toy Soldier Show

We are hearing from multiple sources that Barry Carter will not be promoting the next Indy Show.  We are being told the show was up for sale. More details as they come in.

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Timpo toys wild West Diorama

We got this video from Mark T I thought you like it I am a frequent reader of your blog and I sometimes comment as “Mark T.”  I just wanted to share this video of a diorama my son and … Continue reading

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Does Your Marx Disney King Pecos Bill Have a Mustache?

When I was photographing the Marx Disney King Pecos Bill figure for EBay I noticed that the painter in Hong Kong had painted a mustache. In the cartoon Pecos Bill is clean shaven. I wonder if other Pecos Bill were … Continue reading

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Unknown Accessory

As I mention earlier today. I picked up this table in a mix lot of figures and accessories on the Sunday.  The table is hard plastic. It has three dishes, two soap bars and one brush. the table is three … Continue reading

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Sunday Roaming

I went out early Sunday morning to check out two flea markets. The first market is more an antique market and I have found some good items from it this summer. This time it was a little disappointing. Other getting … Continue reading

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More Inspirations for Toy Soldiers

Our very good friend Paul Morehead  sent this note. Your readers might be interested to know that we have published a Plastic Warrior Special issue on “SOURCES”; artworks that may have been the source of plastic figure poses, including a number … Continue reading

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